Returning family of refugees in their destroyed home in Herat, Afghanistan

In family life, love is the oil that eases friction,the cement that binds closer together,and the music that brings harmony.- Eva Burrows

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family.
Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.- Jane Howard

Tibet

Honduras

Australia

Bamiyan, Afghanistan

The family is the nucleus of civilization.- Will Durant

Burma

The family is one of nature’s masterpieces. - George Santayana

Japan

Mauritania

The family is link to our past, bridge to our future.- Alex Haley

Peru

India

You can kiss your family and friends good-bye and put miles between you,
but at the same time you carry them with you in your heart,
your mind, your stomach, because you do not just live in a world but a world lives in you.- Frederick Buechner

Baluchistan, Pakistan

Istanbul, Turkey

Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible – the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family. - Virginia Satir

France

My father was an amazing man.
The older I got, the smarter he got.- Mark Twain

Yemen

Maimana, Afghanistan

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.- John Bowring

Paraguay

Russia

The history of mankind, the history of salvation, passes by way of the family. – Pope John Paul II, Letters to Families, 1994

Italy

India

I can’t think of anything to write about except families.
They are a metaphor for every other part of society.- Anna Quindlen